Fat City is about 100 acres of Metairie between Veterans Memorial Boulevard and West Esplanade Avenue, from Division Street to Severn Avenue, and roughly half of it is apartments. It started as a 1970s nightlife strip and is now in the middle of a parish-backed makeover: new sidewalks and bike lanes on Severn, a sheriff's station on Hessmer, and plans for a park at 18th Street. As a Fat City moving company, we look at the block before move day because the curb you remember may have changed. Fat City movers since 2013, LPSC license #8127, fully insured.
Fat City Moves
Most of our Fat City jobs are apartments, many in walk-up buildings, with some townhomes and elevator buildings toward Veterans. The interior streets are short grid blocks with businesses mixed in, so a truck competes with delivery vans and customer parking. Our plan for each job starts with three questions: which floor, where the truck stands, and what time of day.
Second- and third-floor units with outside stairs are the most common Fat City move. We take apart bed frames and tables that will not clear the stair turn, pad the rails, and keep one mover at the truck so the stairs never back up.
Where a building has an elevator, management usually wants it reserved and may ask for a certificate of insurance. You book the elevator time; we email the COI to the office and size the crew so the job fits inside that window.
Rented a box truck for a move out of Fat City? Our crew loads it with blankets and straps, or meets you at the other end to unload. A POD is harder to place on a busy Fat City street, so ask your complex where it can sit first.
Small apartments still fill a lot of boxes. We bring cartons, paper and tape, and pack the whole unit or only the kitchen, closet and fragile pieces, so you can hand back the keys on time.
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Fat City Details
Four things that decide how long a Fat City move takes, and what we do about each of them.
How It Works
Give us the building, the floor and the date. We sort out the truck spot and the paperwork with you before move day.
Use the form at the top for your unit size, floor and both addresses. About 60 seconds later you have a ballpark and can choose a date.
Tell us whether there is an elevator, any move-in hours, and where trucks are allowed in your lot. You reserve the elevator if there is one; we send the COI and confirm the crew, arrival window and price.
The crew pads the stair rails and door frames, wraps the furniture inside the unit, works the stairs or elevator in a steady loop, and sets everything up in the new place.
The Crew
Your crew is AD Movers staff, background-checked, reporting to the owner, Adonay Pineda. Fat City apartments are mostly stairs, so the crew is built for it: one person stays on the truck stacking, the rest keep the stair loop moving, and the crew lead checks each room before the unit is handed back to you.
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Truck and Gear
On a full move our own truck shows up with blankets, dollies, hand trucks and straps. Few Fat City buildings have a loading dock, so we ask the complex where a truck may stand and pick a spot that keeps the lot and the driveway open for other tenants. That planning is part of what you get from a licensed Fat City Metairie moving company.
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Areas We Serve
Fat City renters often move a few blocks over to Lakeside, to Old Metairie or Bucktown, out to Kenner, or across the parish line into New Orleans. We cover all of it, and we run long-distance routes out of Metairie too.
Common Questions
Apartment moves here bill by the hour, so the total follows crew size and time on the job. Enter unit size, floor and addresses online and a ballpark comes back in about 60 seconds. In Fat City, the floor and the distance from the truck to your door matter most. We settle the price with you before move day, add nothing you have not approved, and charge the same on weekends.
In the complex lot where management allows it, or at a legal curb spot on a side street such as Hessmer or Edenborn. We never stop in the new Severn Avenue bike lanes or block a building driveway. Ask your office where moving trucks may stand and tell us when you book, so we can plan the carry distance.
Yes, often. The crew takes apart beds and tables that will not clear the stair turn, pads the rails, and runs a steady loop with one mover at the truck. Tell us the floor when you book, because the stairs set the crew size more than the number of rooms does.
Yes. We are fully insured, and the Louisiana Public Service Commission has us licensed as LPSC #8127. If your complex or the building you are moving into asks for a COI, send us the office email and the details they need on it, and we send it before move day. You reserve the elevator if the building has one.
Fat City is being redeveloped: Severn Avenue got wider sidewalks and bike lanes, a sheriff's station opened on Hessmer, and more street and parking changes are planned. For a move, that mostly means curb space is not what it was a few years ago. We check your block before the date instead of assuming.
Book as soon as your lease dates are set. The last days of the month are the busiest for apartment moves, so those dates go first. Short notice? Same-day and last-minute work is possible if a crew is open; call (504) 237-0855. Crews work 7am to 7pm, all seven days.
Anywhere in Metairie, Lakeside, Old Metairie and Bucktown included, along with Kenner, Harahan, River Ridge and every part of New Orleans. Moves from Fat City over the parish line to Lakeview or Mid-City are short trips for us, and we run long-distance moves from Metairie to Texas, Atlanta and Chicago.
Expect us inside the arrival window, a COI at your building before the day, and the confirmed price, which shifts only if you agree to a second stop or more furniture than listed. Problems go to the owner: report them the same day and he calls you back.
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